The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-04-30
NEWS NOTES FROM WASHINGTON.


The Baltimore Suns new building in Wash
ington is one of the handsomest and most impos-
ing structures in that city and is generally much
admired.
The President has appointed Edward F.
Bingham, of Ohio, chief judge of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia, vice Judge
Cartier, deceased.
1t is said that Senator Don Cameron has late
ly made $250,000 out of lucky land speculations
in Washington. Last week he invested $4,000
and big results are expected.
The total amount of trade dollars redeemed
by the Government to the 23d of April was S.
243,000, which will be increased 100000 by re-
cent importations from China.
The reduction in the public debt for the month
of April will reach nearly $l5,OOO,OOO. The re-
ceipts Of the Government for the month will ex-
coed the expenses by nearly $l6,00O,00O.
MIR. Clarence w. DeKnight, private secretary
to Senator German, has been appointed to q
twelve hundred dollar clerkship in the engineer
department He will continue to act as secretary
to the Senator.
Senators Vest, of Missouri, and Don Came
ron, of Pennsylvania. in company with several
other prominent gentlemen, will shortly start on
q fishing trip to the upper Potomac. They will
be the guests of Col. L. Victor Baughman, presi-
dent of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
The strict enforcement of the Sunday law in
Washington has brought out many devices to
evade it. The latest bubble turns upon Sunday
and the Sabbath day, the law on the subject read
ing not con Sunday" but con the Sabbath day"
1t is being urged that under the old Hebrew law
Saturday is the Sabbath day.
"A report was circulated in Washington the
latter part of last week that President Cleveland
had told prominent Democratic Senator that
under no circumstances would he be a candidate for
reelection. Col Lamont, the Presidents private
secretary, denies the truthfulness of the rumor,
yet the newspaper that started it still insists that
it is true.
james Fl. Mari, chief clerk in the Office of the
First Assistant Postmaster General, died ON Mon
day, in the S7th year of his age. He was o native
of Charles county, Md, and entered the Depart
ment as a clerk in 1881 remaining there up to the
time of his death. He served under twenty -seven
different postmasters- general and had been in con-
tinuous service longer than any other employee
of the Government except one.
AT a recent wedding in Washington there
were hundreds of bridal presents, and very many
of them were duplicates and duplicates, and con-
sequently useless to the newly married couple.
But number of friends inaugurated new de-
paIture and sent their presents in the shape OF
twenty and ten-dollar gold pieces in sums ranging
from $50 to 5000. The couple could take the
money and buy just what they needed and what
suited them.
Gen. Greedy, chief signal officer of the army
about the time he received his promotion to that
position, was presented with baby daughter and
some unknown friend sent him a check for $500
to be invested in the name of the little stranger
and given to her when she attains her eighteenth
year. Gen. Greedy did not want to accept the
gift, but as he could not ascertain from whom II
came he was obliged to do SO, and the money has
been invested as directed.